Albums From The Class of ’78: Wire - Chairs Missing

Weekend Variety Wireless
11/02/2018

Music Critic Grant Smithies and Graeme delve into the second album in Wire’s massively influential and revolutionary masterpiece trilogy: Chairs Missing.

Just a year after their stunning sharp and bristling debut, Pink Flag, Wire developed a deeper, darker and more complex sound. It’s almost impossible to cite how many artists Wire has influenced. You could mention every single Flying Nun act for a start.

They discuss how the band are not sticking with any fast and angry subject manner that is deemed "apropriate" for punk songs, which is really noticeable on all their records.